just thinking about fev winning the cup in 83- how can they hope to compete in the cc when they are not allowed to think about playing sl? will they not be cc contenders either until they have completed a bidding process for sl in the coming years? while theres no p&r it makes cup comps a bit invalid to those outside the chosen ones.

the inside of a 3star halex table tennis ball smells much like you'd expect it to.

just thinking about fev winning the cup in 83- how can they hope to compete in the cc when they are not allowed to think about playing sl? will they not be cc contenders either until they have completed a bidding process for sl in the coming years? while theres no p&r it makes cup comps a bit invalid to those outside the chosen ones.

maybe not explained very well- but even if fev had been in sl for 2 seasons maybe bottom 3 -they would have a better basis for a cup run as they would have to be a better team week in week out- think sl structure de-valuates the cc

the inside of a 3star halex table tennis ball smells much like you'd expect it to.

just thinking about fev winning the cup in 83- how can they hope to compete in the cc when they are not allowed to think about playing sl? will they not be cc contenders either until they have completed a bidding process for sl in the coming years? while theres no p&r it makes cup comps a bit invalid to those outside the chosen ones.

No. No. No. No.

In any case. Fev ARE thinking of SL

Life is like a sewer: What you get out of it depends on what you put into it.

It's irrelevant p and r anyways. How can a team from the Championship win the challenge cup when 14 teams are allowed to spend 6 times more on the team and are allowed more overseas imports in their team.

Personally think that's more of a factor than whether promotion is on offer.

Don't forget that when we last won the cup, we were a top flight team (albeit at the bottom end that season).

I can't think of too many second division clubs having a serious cup run in the thirty odd years I've watched the sport.

To KPC (CC is so last year) teams, the cup is a chance to make some coin (failed this year) and maybe have 15 mins in the limelight like we did last year. It's largely a distraction though, take our seious dip in league form last year for example.

In any case, we have our own cup, that we do have a chance of winning.

Don't forget that when we last won the cup, we were a top flight team (albeit at the bottom end that season).

I can't think of too many second division clubs having a serious cup run in the thirty odd years I've watched the sport.

To KPC (CC is so last year) teams, the cup is a chance to make some coin (failed this year) and maybe have 15 mins in the limelight like we did last year. It's largely a distraction though, take our seious dip in league form last year for example.

no but if you were playing sl-albeit maybe struggling in sl you would be playing the likes of london every week therefore giving you a better platform for the cc, where in the table where they in 83 when they won it? and where were hull?

In any case, we have our own cup, that we do have a chance of winning.

the inside of a 3star halex table tennis ball smells much like you'd expect it to.

Don't forget that when we last won the cup, we were a top flight team (albeit at the bottom end that season).

I can't think of too many second division clubs having a serious cup run in the thirty odd years I've watched the sport.

To KPC (CC is so last year) teams, the cup is a chance to make some coin (failed this year) and maybe have 15 mins in the limelight like we did last year. It's largely a distraction though, take our seious dip in league form last year for example.

In any case, we have our own cup, that we do have a chance of winning.

Weren't Blackpool Borough in the 2nd division when they got to the JPS semi (or final?) in 1979?

When we had one division what was the lowest place a club finished when they won the challenge cup?

Haven't got a definitive answer Padge but in 1967 Fev won it from outside the top 16 when they defeated Barrow (who finished 15th). I think from memory that Fev were 20th that season.(there would be 30 teams in the NRL back then).